sek69 Posted March 15, 2015 Report Posted March 15, 2015 So what happened to Bo Dallas? Injury of some sort? I realize he wasn't setting the world on fire but it's like he fell off the face of the Earth.
Ricky Jackson Posted March 15, 2015 Report Posted March 15, 2015 He wrestled on the show I went to in Abbotsford, BC last night. Teamed with Tyler Breeze against the Lucha Dragons and was super over with the crowd.
Bierschwale Posted March 15, 2015 Report Posted March 15, 2015 He had a foot injury and was supposed to be back by the Rumble, and now he's in creative limbo.
Sidebottom Posted March 15, 2015 Report Posted March 15, 2015 I remember reading somewhere that Jim Johnson is extremely reluctant to do anything on camera, some kind of stage fright/camera shy thing so I would think he'd be uncomfortable getting an award like that. I agree it's well deserved though. So many classic themes that really set the stage for a lot of guys. Something like theme music doesn't seem important at first but the right theme is like the icing on the cake to a great gimmick. Random timing, but I was just watching a late 96 Raw where he appears on camera playing guitar with "The Real Double J" and he is speaking about how James has a bright career ahead of him. In the same episode Jim Ross on commentary goes on about how he doesn't report to Kevin Dunn quite a lot.
Alucard Posted March 16, 2015 Report Posted March 16, 2015 I think if Taker really comes out to When The Man Comes Around, that could be an awesome spectacle WM entrance and totally fits with his whole "Last Outlaw" deal a few years ago. Never been big on Wyatt but I'm optimistic for Taker to deliver a pretty good match with him.
goodhelmet Posted March 17, 2015 Report Posted March 17, 2015 Christ... if the crowd gave a shit about Roman Reigns then Brock Lesnar ' s promo would have sold me on the main event.
The Chief Posted March 17, 2015 Report Posted March 17, 2015 I just want Brock to keep the belt forever. Erick Rowan has been getting the living shit kicked out of him by Big Show for the past three months. Rowan has been on offense for maybe a combined 45 seconds in said three months. What was the point of this turn?
...TG Posted March 17, 2015 Report Posted March 17, 2015 It's understandable to limit Sting's appearances, but why isn't HHH here 2 weeks before WrestleMania?
Parties Posted March 17, 2015 Report Posted March 17, 2015 First two hours of the show fly by when you keep in on mute while listening to Dylan on Shake Them Ropes. I did hear the Cena, Rusev, and Brock promos. Cena was very solid rah-rah-patriotism take, on par with his others this month. Rusev has good delivery, but he shouldn't be this polysyllabic, cutting long scripted promos, to deliver the same bad lines as anyone else. Brock was by far the best of the three. He is clearly better on the mic than Heyman right now. Short and sweet sells fights.
goodhelmet Posted March 17, 2015 Report Posted March 17, 2015 The nutty thing about the Brock promo is it reinforces the idea that wrestling isn't fucking rocket science. I am going to destroy you whether I stay or go. The end. Rusev - Cena works because of its simplicity... USA! Russia! Everything else is just fucking stupid.
hammerva Posted March 17, 2015 Report Posted March 17, 2015 Was Mr Robot supposed to be Adrian Neville's new gimmick? EDIT: Never mind it is a new show on USA.
Parties Posted March 17, 2015 Report Posted March 17, 2015 That was actually a really good Reigns promo. Lots of confidence, made the match about whooping ass rather than the pussy-foot “prove my doubters wrong” theme they've been missing the mark on. He took a promo that had too much nerd verbiage and made it seem genuine and off-the-cuff. Short, effective, directed to Brock rather than the Penguin to his left. The “Dan-yul Bry-an” chants trying to drown him out honestly feel lame at this point. I like Bryan. It should be Bryan. But conflating Reigns with WWE's unwillingness to push Bryan (right now, on this one show, coming off a near-career ending injury) seems increasingly unfair.
Jmare007 Posted March 17, 2015 Report Posted March 17, 2015 Why is Heyman so pissed? He went from respecting and praising Reigns, telling him he was great but he had no chance against his beast to cutting angry ass promos about Brock out of nowhere
goodhelmet Posted March 17, 2015 Report Posted March 17, 2015 It's been said before but the near career ending injury thing would hold more weight if he wasn't scheduled to be in a ladder match at Mania. I agree with the sentiment though. Anyway, a year ago, Bryan, Ambrose, Ziggler vs. Barrett, Harper, Cody would have been something we could see on a MOTY collection. Now it's just another heat less match in the death spot.
pol Posted March 17, 2015 Report Posted March 17, 2015 That Heyman worked shoot promo was awful. Russo-level "everything else is fake but this is real" bullshit.
goodhelmet Posted March 17, 2015 Report Posted March 17, 2015 Ok... props to those.guys for heating up the crowd but god forbid DB wins this cursed belt at Mania where the champ is not allowed to win a match.
Parties Posted March 17, 2015 Report Posted March 17, 2015 Having Bryan in this six-man is a bad idea, healthwise and in almost all other ways. Hopefully he's the first to win a ladder match by ground-and-pounding his opponents, tapping all five with increasingly harsh submissions, then slowly and calmly climbing a ladder like he's out to clean gutters.
sek69 Posted March 17, 2015 Report Posted March 17, 2015 I'm hoping Dolph and Cody are in there to do the "holy shit" bumps (maybe Harper too), so Bryan won't have to hold up that end of the bargain. I am wondering how far they're gonna go with the "lawdy, i'z afraaaaid to climb this here ladder" stuff with Truth.
goodhelmet Posted March 17, 2015 Report Posted March 17, 2015 Ok who else was thinking... DDP surrounded by the NWO and then Sting comes down from the rafters.
Matt D Posted March 17, 2015 Report Posted March 17, 2015 Not to be a broken record, but I think they should have gone even further a few months ago and done an Authority throws a party for Sting angle because they thought he'd be joining them.
goodhelmet Posted March 17, 2015 Report Posted March 17, 2015 Well now, they need to dress the Authority members up in Sting masks and take out the entire roster to show that nobody else matters and that you shouldn't bother getting behind anyone. Oh wait....
sek69 Posted March 17, 2015 Report Posted March 17, 2015 The stuff with Rusev's lawyer was something, did no one bother to see if that guy could pull off an accent before putting him on TV? I guess one good thing about it was how it caused one of the best Vince-via-JBL flip out burials.
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